What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...

The Addams Family – Character Expectations

An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25: 3.) Quality of Characters One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...

World War Z – Write description, not prose.

An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion. So this script was 120 pages of actual text....

Weapons – Can the Cap’n NOT spoil it?

On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...

Long Distance (aka Distant) – Implementing Realistic Escalation

An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability The premise of the story is solid. What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...

Weapons – Write to Reals Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25: What Worked The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
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Jennifer’s Body – Pro Script Review

Hi all. After Roy's review of the Juno script and that monumental spanking we got last week on the Diablo Cody Reddit discussion, I wanted to revisit this writer to see if she's...

The Suicide Theory

Hi all. Wow, is this late. My apologies. Woke up late and then the wife and I go to yoga every Wednesday. We actually have this lady teacher that reminds me of...

American Gangland

Hi all. First off, to our new friends visiting us from Reddit.com, thanks for coming over, and know you can READ the scripts we pick on our Read Page or for a particular...

Searching (2018) – Don’t Telegraph the Twist in Your Script

An excerpt from my script review for Searching (2018) which will be available 06/03/19: 2.) Plot Stability From the get go we’re thrown into the “computer style” that plays out like an early 90s...

Ghostbusters – The Cap’n will NOT be calling…

https://youtu.be/w3ugHP-yZXw I want to get this out of the way now. I thought this film was terrible. You won’t have to read through page after page of my ranting and raving just to...

Deadpool 2 – Better than the first?

Recently I’ve been watching this guy’s Youtube channel where he hoards up on blurays and DVDs. And it got me thinking about my own collection. I used to have a pretty extensive...

Sicario – Dialogue That Kills, Description to Die For.

An excerpt from my script review for Sicario which will be available 11/02/15: 4.) Dialogue and Description Dialogue was a real issue for me. The whole Alejandro voice-over could easily be left out. The...

Nine Lives – Bad Plot Isn’t Spacey’s Fault!

The Captain tortures himself with what was meant to be a family friendly review. Naturally, things go wrong... Nine Lives It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a review and I thought...

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